Morozov Children's City Clinical Hospital is one of the largest architectural complexes in Moscow in the Art Nouveau style, created by architect I.A. Ivanov-Shitz in 1901 and 1915. Each pavilion of the hospital, including the Outpatient Building, has its unique role in the ensemble and independent value.
In 1898, entrepreneur and philanthropist Alexei Vikulovich Morozov informed the City Duma about a donation of 400,000 rubles, bequeathed by his father Vikula Eliseevich, for the construction of a children's infectious disease hospital. The city allocated 9 hectares of land on the former Horse Square behind the Serpukhov Gates. Construction began in 1901 and required an additional 700,000 rubles from the city budget. The hospital, with 340 beds, also accepted non-infectious and surgical patients, was named after V.E. Morozov. It is associated with the names of renowned doctors N.N. Alexeev and T.P. Krasnobaev.
At that time, there was an acute need for outpatient care for children, so the Outpatient Building of the hospital opened on April 28, 1902, even before the completion of the entire complex. This building, which served administrative functions, had an outpatient clinic on the first floor, where up to 500 children were received daily. Patients were greeted by a doorman and a paramedic, who directed them to the necessary specialists. The outpatient clinic employed an infectious disease specialist, a surgeon, and a pediatrician, and also had an operating room, a vaccination room, a pharmacy, and a medical library.
The Outpatient Building, the main structure of the complex, welcomes visitors from the city center. It marks the central axis along which other buildings are symmetrically arranged. The H-shaped building faces the 4th Dobryninsky Lane with its main facade. The facade is executed in the Moscow Art Nouveau style, is symmetrical, and is adorned with three risalits: a central one with the main entrance and more accentuated side ones, crowned with attics and decorated with sandriks featuring bas-reliefs. Inside, the vestibule of the outpatient clinic has been preserved.
In August 2012, the Outpatient Building of Morozov Children's Hospital was granted the status of a cultural heritage site of regional significance.
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